Private Cecil Walker, 240952

  • Batt - 1/5
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth -
  • Died - 31/08/1917
  • Age - 32

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the brother of Elizabeth Walker. The War Diary for today records. PHILOSOPHE appears to be anything but a health resort. There is a long range gun just behind the area where we are billeted and is a target for a large calibre gun of the Bosche. Who started firing about 2.00pm and continued all the afternoon.

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
  • Burial Place - I V 18, Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe
  • Other Memorials - Loughborough Carillon, War Memorial Bell Tower,
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Burial Commemoration - Philosophe British Cem., Mazingarbe, France
  • Born - Loughborough, Leics
  • Enlisted - Loughborough, Leics
  • Place of Residence - 9 Park Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
  • Memorial - CARILLON TOWER MEM., LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICS
  • Memorial - EMMANUEL CHURCH, LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICS

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